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Smokey the Bear helped law enforcement arrest a man for stealing his signs from across Florida and selling them on Facebook Marketplace.
The suspect was posting the signs on Facebook Marketplace for $1,900 apiece, according to Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson.
"What happens when dumb criminals poke the bear?" Simpson wrote Wednesday on social media.
"Our Ag Law Team has a suspect in custody who traveled from Pensacola to Orlando stealing Smoky Bear signs from our state forests and selling them on Facebook Marketplace for $1,900 each," he continued. "Big thank you to Smokey the Bear for personally assisting in the arrest."
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